Scientist-I applicants have rated the interview process at General Mills with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Scientist-I roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at General Mills overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at General Mills as a Scientist-I according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Mumbai) in Nov 2017
Interview
There was one telephonic round where technical questions were asked. This was for the initial filtering of candidates. Then I was called for a face-to-face round where again I was evaluated for my technical skills & was given a case-study to solve. Finally after clearing technical rounds, I had a telephonic HR round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Details about my previous job, questions on the methods used in my prior work experience, a case-study to solve & discussion on the case-study.
Screening via phone call
Multiple Zoom meetings 1:1 in one day
Most communication leading up to it was via email
Interview was with 4 different people from the team and from cross-functioning teams
Everyone had good questions, in depth, but nothing out of this world crazy difficult
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills
Interview
After applying online, I was contacted for a phone interview within 1.5 weeks. Then asked the next day to come in for an on-site interview for the following week. The on-site interview was 4 hours and was difficult. Most of the on-site interviews were with 2 people and were 30-45 minutes each.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflict within a project team.